{"id":95948,"date":"2009-12-23T10:03:01","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T15:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/childrenshospitalblog.org\/?p=3727"},"modified":"2009-12-23T10:03:01","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T15:03:01","slug":"teen-drug-survey-is-a-sign-marijuana-use-could-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/95948","title":{"rendered":"Teen drug survey is a sign marijuana use could rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

\"TeenageThe federal government\u2019s annual report monitoring kids\u2019 alcohol and drug abuse has been released. The 2009 Monitoring the Future Survey<\/a> reports that while use of cigarettes, methamphetamines, cocaine and binge drinking is down the use of prescription drugs and smokeless tobacco is up. Marijuana use is holding steady.<\/p>\n

John Knight, MD<\/a>, director of The Center for Adolescent Substance Abuse Research<\/a> (CeASER) at Children\u2019s says those findings aren\u2019t particularly surprising. What we do need to worry about, he says, is that the survey also reports that adolescents\u2019 perceived harm of marijuana is way down.<\/p>\n

What exactly does that mean? Knight says that when adolescents think a drug has little or no harm, they are much more likely to use it. So, be ready for marijuana use to jump along with other drugs. \u201cMarijuana is a gateway drug that leads kids towards all kinds of other drugs,\u201d Knight says.<\/span><\/p>\n

Why do kids perceive marijuana less harmful now than in the past? The national debate over medical marijuana use is a big reason, says Knight. The decriminalization of marijuana in some parts of the country makes it seem less risky to kids.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarijuana as medication is just a smokescreen,\u201d Knight says. \u201cWhat other kinds of medications do you see being distributed at pharmacies in baggies?\u201d<\/p>\n

Knight says that the government\u2019s version of medical marijuana, Marinol<\/a>, has faced opposition from medical marijuana reform groups like NORML<\/a> because it doesn\u2019t make you feel high like other street versions of the drug. \u201cIt treats chronic pain without the high and that\u2019s not what these groups want.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you think your child might be using drugs and alcohol, visit CeASAR\u2019s website for helpful resources<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In this video clip, Knight talks about the signs of substance abuse.<\/p>\n

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